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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: “The Seventh Day.”

The Sabbath day receives light and meaning from the days of the week but it reflects back more than it receives in the form of sanctity and strength.

As has been said by the Sages: “Man’s Sabbath expresses his week.”

The day of rest is not other than

The Sabbath day receives light and meaning from the days of the week but it reflects back more than it receives in the form of sanctity and strength.

As has been said by the Sages: “Man’s Sabbath expresses his week.”

The day of rest is not other than the Seventh Day.

By itself it is nothing.

–Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz